Financial Crime Associate - Promontory

IBM ,
London, Greater London
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**Introduction** Promontory, an IBM company, is a premier strategic, compliance and risk consulting firm for companies across the globe. We are proud to be the home of professionals from top law firms, leaders of regulators and global organisations and specialists across the industry who work alongside leading organisations assisting with their most pressing, sensitive and complex assignments. We have one purpose; to be a Trusted Partner. Through our values of Superior Expertise, Innovative Solutions and Collaborative Community we seek to provide our clients with solutions to their wide variety of complex problems. Across the business our consultants have a unique blend of legal, regulatory, and management expertise and we are looking to add further experience to our Financial Crime team. Our team specialising in Financial Crime works across a wide variety of clients assisting in the development and execution of a wide range of financial crime related topics including Anti-Money-Laundering, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption. **Your Role and Responsibilities** Within your role as an Associate at Promontory you will: + Assist in drafting, revising and presenting client deliverables-including reports, correspondence, presentations, and written tools such as policies and templates. + Lead a team of analysts to complete elements of client projects and assignments across multiple workstreams. + Support senior stakeholders on larger client projects as and when required. + Participate in client meetings, such as interviews or presentations, which often include senior executives or directors of the client. + Play a hands-on role in business development by helping to draft proposals and participating in meetings with current or potential clients. + Take an active role in knowledge sharing, thought leadership and practice development to ensure the practice remains abreast of emerging trends and business opportunities **Required Technical and Professional Expertise** + Prior experience working in a financial crime compliance and/or advisory role, ideally within the Banking sector. + Strong working knowledge of the UK AML and Sanctions regulations and guidance including focus areas e.g. payment screening, transaction monitoring and governance & reporting. + Good understanding of specific focus areas, e.g. screening & monitoring and governance & reporting. + Superior writing skills with the ability to construct well-founded, clear, and concise analyses and recommendations. + Highly motivated, with a proven ability to work on own initiative within a fast-paced, high pressure work environment. + Ability to handle complex information, solve problems and manage multiple tasks. + Aptitude to execute engagement deliverables autonomously, work within a team and manage small teams + Effective communication skills and positive relationships at all levels. **Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise** + Basic level of product knowledge relevant to retail or wholesale banking sectors. + Working knowledge of other relevant laws and regulations such as the Bribery Act + Additional experience in other financial institutions such as Asset Management or Insurance + Some knowledge of other regulations, such as the Senior Managers Regime, MAR and Conduct Risk + A relevant qualification in financial crime risk management (for example ACAMS or International Compliance Association certificate and/or diploma) + Technical expertise and experience in broader compliance, risk management, corporate governance, accounting, legal or regulatory issues **About Business Unit** Promontory Financial Group, an IBM Company, excels at helping clients resolve critical issues, particularly those with a regulatory dimension. Promontory professionals have unparalleled regulatory experience and insight, and provide our clients with frank, proactive advice informed by best practices and regulatory expectations. Promontory is a leading strategy, risk management, and regulatory-compliance consulting firm focusing on the financial services industry. Our professionals, with deep expertise gained through decades of leadership at regulatory bodies and Fortune 100 corporations, help entities understand and implement global and national financial services regulation. **Your Life @ IBM** What matters to you when you're looking for your next career challenge? Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world? What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities - where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust - where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible. Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever. **About IBM** IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is ma

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